Summer Albums/Songs that create your Endless Summer

Every year I put together a collection of songs for friends that represents summer to me. I usually try to find bands/songs that open up the usual top 20 radio they hear everyday. Mainly it is a creative way to create a summertime type yearly "x-mas" card to keep in touch with everyone, as I mail the majority of these out.

With this in mind, what albums/songs do you listen that represent that summer experience for you?

Endless Summer ‘14
1. The Kooks - Seaside
2. Tame Impala – Half Full Glass of Wine
3. Mikal Cronin – Shout It Out
4. Black Lips – New Direction
5. Shwayze & Cisco – You Could Be My Girl
6. Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Like a Shotgun
7. White Denim – At Night in Dreams
8. Deerhunter - Pensacola
9. Jane’s Addiction – Jane Says
10. Bruce Springsteen – Growin’ Up
11. Gaslight Anthem – The Diamond Church Street Choir
12. Alabama – Cheap Seats
13. Cisco Adler - Classic
14. Moon Taxi – Southern Trance
15. Sam Burchfield – She Got Your Love
16. Blink-182 – Josie
17. Cloud Nothings – Fall In
18. Ty Segall – Girlfriend
19. Killer Mike – R.A.P. Music

 

"Hot Fun in the Summertime" by Sly and the Family Stone - it don't get much better than that.

 

Van Halen - Dance the Night Away

 

The David Lee Roth era for Van Halen, especially VH II.

 

I'm in full agreement on Van Halen and especially VH I & II. Sometimes I have to throw 5150 in there to hear Summer Nights.

 

Sunrays - I Live for the Sun
Robin Ward - Wonderful Summer

 

I just put on the High Llamas' Hawaii on Memorial Day weekend and leave there until September.

 

Bump, bc there are enough Beatles threads on the board

 

Cevans, I'd have to say that your annual greeting is admirable, and I'm quite envious...it's a great idea that I'd like to try, but lean on the "no time" crutch...
Do you email files or snail mail CD-Rs?

 

Snail mail CD-R's...Then throw a tracklisting and a quick line or two on the inclusion of each song. Most of my friends aren't very big music enthusiasts outside of what's on the radio, so I try to provide some background for them. Regardless, I tend to get a ton of feedback and its a great convo started with friends that I don't see on a regular basis.

 

Lovely Rita.

 

Smashing Pumpkins are my summer band.

They are the kings of that chill kind of nostalgic melancholy mood - like when you're lying in a field of grass on a sunny day just daydreaming and the chill part of "Hummer" comes on or something.... You know what I mean.

 

Completely agree Gish, Siamese Dreams & Pisces all give me that feeling in the summer

 

Touche sir, Touche

 

Summer essence ?
The Beach Boys
Isley Brothers
Abbey Road
CSN
America
Steely Dan ( CBAT)